A locally grown business with a true passion for artisan bread making.
Barrio Bread is a micro-bakery specializing in breads that are prepared
using the ancient sourdough methods of long, slow fermentation and hearth
baking, to create a truly inspired loaf.

A grassroots effort to maintain and enhance biodiversity in
the Sky Island borderlands by first restoring physical
processes, like stream flow, and then focusing on native
plants and their pollinators that form the base of the "food
chain" on which all other species depend. Avalon Organic
Gardens is hosting workshops and setting up educational
demonstration sites with them.

community food bank of
tucson

Avalon Organic Gardens participates in events and
farmers markets as community foods consignment
program, as well as networking with them to improve
community food security by promoting, demonstrating,
advocating for, and collaboratively building an equitable
and regional food system. The Community Food Bank
supports farms, home gardening, farmers' markets, and
youth programs that provide nutritional locally-grown
foods and know-how to individuals and families interested
in growing their own food. We became certified and are
able to accept FMNP (Farmers Market Nutrition Program)
Vouchers and SFMNP (for seniors), WIC (Arizona Supplemental
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and
Children) Vouchers, SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program a.k.a. food stamps).

cosechando bienestar (harvesting wellbeing)

Cosechando Bienestar (Harvesting Wellbeing) is a new
initiative in Nogales, Arizona to promote the production,
consumption and awareness of local, healthy foods. The
program promotes home and community gardens, the
new Nogales Mercado and other food enterprises.
Community Garden Leaders will receive in-depth instruction
in gardening and food production led by Avalon
Organic Gardens. Community Garden Leaders will work
closely with staff at Mariposa Community Health Center
(MCHC) to educate Nogales residents about vegetable
gardening and food production.

College students, as part of their "Sustainability Course,"
have come for several years for their education and
credits for workshops with Avalon Organic Gardens &
EcoVillage.

forgotten pollinators campaign

Founded by Gary Nabhan, faculty member at the University of Arizona and an internationally celebrated nature writer, food and farming activist, and proponent of conserving the links between biodiversity and cultural diversity. In 1995, The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, where Gary served as Director of Science, launched the Forgotten Pollinators Campaign, which helped focus international interest on threatened interactions between plants and their pollinators. Avalon Organic Gardens works closely with Gary and is dedicated to educating people on the vital role pollinators play, offering workshops held at Avalon Organic Gardens & EcoVillage, including presenters such as Gary and Paul Kaiser.

Charter school in Nogales and Tucson that emphasizes Montessori
philosophy, interculturalism, character leadership skills,
and traditional dance. The children of Global Community
Communications Schools For Teens & Children
have interacted with their children and put on youth
forums together. Avalon Organic Gardens & EcoVillage
Master Gardeners and instructors taught students
for several years how to garden, which led them to
start their own school gardens.

Conserves, distributes, and documents the adapted and
diverse varieties of agricultural seeds, their wild relatives,
and the role these seeds play in cultures of the
American Southwest and northwest Mexico.

Providing support for commercial revitalization and
entrepreneurs, and affordable housing for families and
individuals in Nogales, Arizona and Santa Cruz County.

partners for sustainable pollination

Partners for Sustainable Pollination (PFSP) works with farmers and beekeepers to improve the health of honey bees and support native pollinators. Avalon Organic Gardens has collaborated with Paul Kaiser—a Waldorf-inspired farmer and owner of Singing Frogs
Farm in Sebastopol, California and winner of the 2010 Farmer-Rancher Award for the United States from the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign. Paul, along with Avalon Organic Gardens, is certified for gardeners of Bee Friendly Farming through PFSP.

Having worked on the border since 1987, we know something about this terrain. We are a multi-national, secular, non-profit 501(c)3 organization. We are volunteers committed to bucking the odds. However, Rancho Feliz is not welfare. Rather, we believe in the democratic redistribution of opportunity - and our maverick approach is unlike any other. Armed with the view that the best way to improve our own circumstances is to serve others, we've changed thousands of lives on both sides of the border. What's more, we do so efficiently, with about 94 cents of every dollar raised going directly into our programs. We are a passionate group dedicated to changing the world where we can. It is an effort that begins with ourselves. So come with us. It's a journey worth taking.

A regional, bi-national and multi-cultural alliance
to document, celebrate, and conserve farming and
food folkways that span the U.S./Mexico borderlands
from Texas and Tamaulipas on the east to
Ambos Californias on the west.

"We Are The Seed" is a network of grassroots
organizations, growers, clinics, and supporters
in Arizona-Sonora borderlands creating alternative
healthy food systems and sustainable agriculture
practices. Avalon Gardens' Master Gardeners
work in conjunction in many projects.

A Tucson tradition, "folklife" festival with a focus on
presenting artists and communities that carry on
living traditions rooted in a group's own definition of
identity, artistry, and cultural significance.

Watershed Management Group (WMG) develops
community-based solutions to ensure the long-term
prosperity of people and health of the environment,
providing people with the knowledge, skills, and resources
for sustainable livelihoods.

Empowering 8,000+ community-based groups nationally,
linking with international organizations advocating basic
rights to food, land, water, & sustainable livelihoods.
Founded in 1975 by the late musician Harry Chapin and
Bill Ayres. Jen Chapin, Harry Chapin's daughter, has been
to Avalon Gardens many times and presented workshops.